We've taken on a lot, and somehow managed to stay in tact. Living life now as a family of 4!

It is time. Time to get back into the exercise game. I would not say that I am a sedentary person, but there was a time in my life when I ran 20-24 miles a week and biked EVERYWHERE and was going to university and had two jobs. I weighed a lot less then. Mostly because I was poor: no money = no car + viewing cheese as a luxury splurge item + hardly ever eating out. I'm not trying to get back to that mid-20's size - although that would be AMAZING - but enough is enough. Time to get back into an actual regime of raising my heart rate for a sustained period of time. Also, no more buying snickers bars at the kit-kat store that is kitty-corner to my school as a reward for just surviving another day. I'll eat an apple instead. (Yeah, right. It's gonna be Let's talk for a minute about motivation. In all areas of my life, I have very little success with external motivators. I do things because I want to, or  I don't do them. That is what it always comes dow...

This time of year I always think to myself, 'Self, you should start getting back into the swing of things. Be productive. Get up at a reasonable time.' But then my other self says back 'Nah. I think I'm going to watch TV and nap in the middle of the day while I still can. BECAUSE I STILL CAN' So, that's where we're at now. Just in case you were wondering.

I know, no posts in forever! Your lives were not the same! What can I say, sometimes I just don't feel like writing. But now I do feel like it and plus I just got back from one of the best vacations of my life, so there is lots to share! Jake's sister and her family live in Nova Scotia, so we decided to make the most of a trip out east and see and do a ton of things along the way there and home. It worked out fabulously. There is really no other way to sum up a month on the road other than to hit the highlights, so that's what you're gonna get. Might still be kind a long - there were a lot of highlights. 1. The ULTRA SMOOTH rocks at our first campsite. Like, seriously, they were smoother than our counter. 2. Exploring Lake Superior Provincial Park on the north shore. It is BEAUTIFUL. Some Proof: The dark stripe is the result of an under water volcano erupting up and splitting the granite. The lava gets worn away faster than granite (what doesn'...

SEE!!?!?!?!??!?! I'm not just whining about the weather. There is some ACTUAL TRUTH to this! Today I walked to and from school in the sun, which was nice, but also in the ARCTIC AIR which was less nice. COME ON, SPRING!!! SHOW YOUR STUFF!!!!

I know that 'weather' is a bit of a buzz-word in Canada - especially if you live in a place with extremes - we kind of love to brag about how hot/humid/cold-with-windchill it is, and how we have survived/coped with whatever 'weather' is throwing itself at us now. I'm just as guilty of this as the next person, although I do my best not to complain too much during winter - I chose this city as my home and thus feel it is my duty to make the best of a cold winter by spending as much of it outside as possible, enjoying the feeling of sweating under layers of clothing, frost clinging to my eyebrows and eyelashes on a brisk walk to school or ski through the forrest. All that good cheer is gone. It is April 21st, and it is SNOWING. It isn't the first time in my life that there has been snow at this time of year - growing up in Calgary meant that my birthday was equally likely to be balmy and sunny as it was to be freezing and snow-covered - however, this is the fir...

Hi everyone. We have been busy around here. First, we cleaned our house with a vengeance. I'm talking about cleaning things that I NEVER clean - like the shelves in the bathroom. And vacuuming up all the hair and dust from behind the bed. Now that I type that I think I really should do that kind of cleaning more than rarely - but cleaning is so annoying. Side note (sort of): the only serious disadvantage of in-floor heat that I have discovered since our renovation is that there is an INCREDIBLE amount of dust that collects all the time. That's the consequence of not having the air in your house circulated through a filter in the furnace, I guess. But enough about that. I got a sweet dusting mitt thing from Jason and Jen, so it's not so bad. On Tuesday, Frank and Sue arrived! Partly to see us, but mostly to meet our local celebrity, Scout. On Thursday, Jainin arrived! We sat around and talked and looked at the baby a lot. Jeope took pictures.  On F...